Off-label prescriptions: are we really so inhibited?
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Physicians' liability for off-label prescriptions.
It is estimated that between 40 and 60 percent of all prescriptions written in the United States are for off-label uses. Off-label uses are common, especially for treating cancer, AIDS, pediatric conditions and rare diseases. Because the practice is common, and in many cases necessary, physicians must consider how prescribing drugs for uses not recommended by the manufacturer—and not approved b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Italian Journal of Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1877-9352,1877-9344
DOI: 10.4081/itjm.2007.3.5